Machine for winding s



( mmel) V N T. vWRIGLEY.

MACHINE FOR WINDING SILK, THREAD, No. 286,363. Patented Oct. 9, 1883. 1 FLgQ UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

MACHINE FOR wmnme SILK, THREAD, etc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,363, dated October 9, 1883. Application filed February 16, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WRIGLEY, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Paterson, Passaic county, vState oflNew Jersey,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Winding Silk, Thread, 810., of whlch the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to produce adevice which will hold securely to their several ad usted positions the frames in which are gournaled the lower reels on winding -machines, which will be hereinafter more fully explained. Figure 1 of the drawings is an elevation, partly sectional, of one end of the machine with my invention thereon. Fig. 2 is a front sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 8 is a plan of the adjustable reel-frames. Fig. 4 is aside detailed view of the bracket and frame; and Fig. 5 isa longitudinal view, part sectional, of thereel-framc, bracket, and rail.

A rep esents a reel-frame. The arm 1) of said fran e is bifurcated or forked at its outer end, the bearings G being arranged in the tines of the fork, the long tine forming the handlc H. The inner end of the arm D is provided with a cylindrical head, A, said head being arranged in acylindrical bed, B, formed in the bracket B. iThe bracket B is provided with suitable holes to accommodate screws E to the shape of the bracket B and cylindrical head A, over which it passes, the bracket being secured to the rail 0 by screws E and F, as shown in Fig. 5. The springwhich encircles the upper part of the head A is provided with a slot, 0, to accommodate the arm D in its upward motion.

.The machine is provided with rails I), which are suitably secured to the ends of the same. To the rails b there are suitably secured brackets g, the tops of which are provided with suitable bearings for the reels j On the outer ends of the projecting arms 3 there are secured standards 2!, in which standards there are suitably arranged and secured rods 0. The arms 3 are provided with openings 2, to accommodate traverse-bars a, which bars are provided "with the ordinary guide-wires, p, which are suitably arranged and secured in the bars a.

In the arms of the frame there are journaled Operation: The driving-shafts 'r rare put in motion by the ordinary means employed therefor, which, by means of the friction-rollers e, rotates the receiving-bobbin cl, the receiving bobbin being in frictional contact therewith. The skeins of thread to be unwound are placed on the reels j and k in the ordinary way, and the reels put in their positions shown in Fig. 1. The reel k,being journaled in the bearings formed in the reel-frame A, is adjusted to the lengths of the skeins by raising or lowering the frame A by means of the handle H, and the frame A, so adjusted to the length of the skein to be unwound from the reels j and k, is held to its adjustment by the spring 0, which is in tension, and which impinges or bears on and over the upper surface of the cylindrical head A, causing the under portion of the head to bind in its bed B. The tension of the spring 0 can be regulated by the screw E. The skeins of thread are unwound from the reels j and k by taking the strands t from the skeins up and over the rod 0 to the receiving-bobbin cl, which is in motion, and which has sufficient draft imvided with bearings G, arm I), handle H, and

cylindrical head A, bracket B, provided with cylindrical bed B, and holes to accommodate screws E F, spring 0, provided with slot 0, to accommodate arm I) of the frame a, and with holes to accommodate screws E F, rail 0, adapted to hold the bracket B, and screws E F, substantially as set forth.

THOMAS wRieLnY.

Witnesses:

Jenn INGLIS, VVILLIAM SMITH. 

